Laundry truck



Feb. 16 1926.

P. R. SYERS LAUNDRY TRUCK Filed Jan. .22 1925 gwwrr zlot Paul R .SyersPatented Feb. 16, 1926.

PAUL n. SYERS, or rnniannrorrs, INDIANA.

LAUNDRY TRU CK.

Application filed January 22, .925. Serial No. @125.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL R. Srnns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Laundry Trucks, ofwhich the following is a speci- 'fication. 1 a V My said inventionrelates to a truck for use in laundries and it has combined there' withbag supports or holders so constructed and arranged that the weight ofthe goods within the bag will operate to hold the mouth of the bag openby gravity, the weight of a pivoted support being aided by the weight ofthe bag and the goods within the bag when the bag has been filled orpartially filled, all as will be hereinafter more fully described andclaimed.

Referring to the drawings which are made a part hereof andon whichsimilar reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one of my said laundry truckswith a bag in position on one side and a smaller bag indicated inposition on the opposite side of the apparatus; V

Figure 2, a central longitudinal section through the lower portion ofthe truck;

Figure 3, a cross section on the dotted line 3-3 in Figure 2; and

Figure 4, a detail section on the dotted line 4-- l in Figure 2.

In said drawings the portion marked A represents the truck body, B thecasters on which it is mounted, and the stationary supports for the bag.

The truck A and casters B are of any approved formbut preferablyconstructed of iron with the truck body in the form of a box with anopen top. a

The supports C are vertical standards preferably stamped out of sheetsteel. They are formed with flanged edges 0 and extend to an appropriateheig t to support a bag of such slze as lSCOHllllOIllY used in laundrywork for hauling the clothes being laundered to or from the washingmachines and for such like uses.

A pivoted support 10 of a construction similar to the supports orstandards C is mounted adjacent to each end of the truck on a pivot 11,said pivot being located near the inner lower corner of said support.

whereby the upper end of the support will tilt outwardly on its pivot by'gravity,as"

indicatcd in Figsl and 2.

A. support 12 consisting Ora platform or shelf is mounted by means ofelongated eyes 13 and lugs lt at a point near the, lower end of each ofsaid supports 10, its opposite end being supported on a bail-likesupport 15 pivotally mounted at each end in the respective sides of thetruck body adjacent to the supportsC. a. a

As will be understood by an inspection of the drawings, the two ends ofthe truck are duplicates one of the other, the rigid supports C beingback to back in the center of the truck and the pivoted supports 10being at each end of the truck and adapted to tilt or fall outwardlyaway from the supports C. The platfrom 12 is so mounted that any weightbrought upon said platform bears downwardly outside the pivot-11 andadds to the pressure by which said supports 10 are forcedoutwardly atthe top.

Thus the weight of the laundrybag with its contents resting upon theplatform 12, aids in forcing and holding the top of the standards orsupports 10 away from'th'e rigid supports 0 keepingthe top of the bagopen. Said supports G and 10 are also preferably formed, as shown, ofsheet metal in such a shape that the laundry bag, which when filledbulges outward, will bear against the standards and by pressure againstsuch standards also help to hold the top of the laundry bag open.

' Each standard is centrally slotted from the top for a distance towardits center and is formed with in-turned flanges 16 and 17 by means ofwhich bags of smaller size than the bags shown at the right in Fig. 1may be hung over the tops, that is, bags. too small to be stretchedentirely across the full width of the tops of said standards may have a,cuff turned down to surround opposedv forks :18 and 19, as illustratedin dotted lines in Figure 1, so that fourbags instead of two may besupported on the truck here shown, if desired, 7

It will be understood that supports 0 and 10 iniglrt in some instancesbe mounted on a stat nary base or floor and many other changes willoccur to those skilled in the art for which reason I do not limit-myselfto the precise embodiment of the invention as shown in the drawings anddescribed in the specification but only as indicated in two shown.

to catch the water from the wet olothess'as.-.

the appended claims. For example, the holder may be made withstationary. standards 'at one end'of the truck instead of intermediateits ends and it may be made Withany number of blgllOlClBlS instead'oftheIt may be set in a truck body they are pulled out of the washing machineas shown or in any other appropriate support. The holder. may also bemade of a single construction instead of double. and

with a compartment for'conta-ining a supply of bags alongside thereof."

iHavingthfus'fully described my said-inyeirtion, whatllclaiin-as. newand desire to secure by Letters Patent; is

1. i i support for laundry, bags comprisingjfi xed standards, andpivoted standards adjacent'said'fixed standards movable by gravity intoposition to COOPGI'ZUIH with the iikedstandards inrsu'pporting'a laundrybag inopen an'disuspeiided position said standa rds be'iii'grbifurcatedat their-upper ends foifisu'pporting bags of different sizes,substantially' as set forth.v

2'. A support for laundry bags comprisingfixed" standards, pivotedstandards adjacent said fixedlstaiidards movableiby gravity intopositiontocooperate with'tlie fixed standai'ds, iii-supporting a laundrybag" in open and suspended position, and a shelf inov-, ably connectedto said pivoted standard in position to support the bottoiii'oftliela-uiidry b'a'g, substantially as set'forth:

3f Aisupport 'forlamidry bags comprising fixed standards, pivoted.standards ad] acent "said fixed standards movable by gravity intoPQSltlOlLtO cooperate with the'fixed standards in sugporting a' laundrybag inopen and suspended positioirzand azslielf movably connectedtosaidlp'ivoted standard in position to support the bottom of the laundrybag "the pivot of the movable standard being between the fixedstandardand the connectionbetween said shelf and said movable standard,substantially as set forth. 41A: laundry bag'holder comprising a j rigidsupport, fixed standards thereon,

standards pivotedon saidlsupport in spaced relation tosaid fixedstandards and movable by gravity 111l30 position to cooperate with the"fi-Xed standards insupporting a laundry bag. in'open" and suspendedposition, a shelf, secured at one end to a'movable standard adjacent thelower end thereof, and: a hanger on the rigidsupport for the other endof the shelf, substantially asset forth.

5; A support'forlam dry bags comprising liked" standards, pivotedstandards adjacent of'sma-ller size may be supp'orted'in similar manner,substantially as 1 set forth;

7'. A b ag-holder"comprising a rigid standard, a p vot at one SlClGthereof, and a standard .swingably monntedqon'the pivot with its center"of gravity in all positions lying at the side of the pivot. remote fromthe fixed standard, substantially as setforth.

8: A" ba-g-liolde'r co-n'iprising a rigid standard, a movable standard,and sustaining means forthe ll'lOTEtblG standard located at that sideofthecenterof "gravity of said movable standard nearest the fined standardin all operative positions ofthe movable standard-wliereby'themovablestandard is biased to sw-i ng' away from thefixed' standard,substantially as set forth.

.9. A laundry truck having; fixed standards midway of itsleng-tlr; anindependiitstaiidard adpieen-t each end cooperating" with one ofsaid-fixed standards, and a pivot for each independent standard"- lyingbetween the fixed standard and the center 'offgra-v-ity'of theindependent standard -'in all positions of RCljtTStlllElltO'f the latterwhereby said independent standards are 4 movable by gravity to maintainthe bags iii-'open and suspended l'Gltl'blOll, substz'rntially as setforth.

10. A laundry true-khaving;iiXed stand ardsmidway of its length forattachment to the'nppe-r -end o-f tlie'la-undi'y bag, movable standards'adja'centits ends for similar attachment, suspending; means-for each ofsaid last na-ined standards lying between the corresponding fixedstandard and the center of gravity of the movable standards-- wherebythe movable standards are' biased to maintain the bags in open andsuspended relatio-ii'withincreasing" force as they are filled.

Ii'lIWltHeSS whereof, I have hereunto setn'iyhand and seal atIndianapolis, Indiana, this 12th dayofJanuary, A. D. nineteen hundredand twenty-five.

PAUL R5 SYE'R S. [LS2]

